The shape I'm in: Alan Amsby, entertainer

Female impersonator, Alan Amsby, has recently published his autobiography, Mr Pussy: Before I Forget to Remember. Now he sits down with Irene Feighnan to discuss the shape he’s in.

The stories of wild parties and great nights flow like champagne from Alan Amsby. Working under the stage name Mr Pussy, the celebrated female impersonator has rubbed shoulders with the who’s who of the entertainment business, from Sean Connery, Van Morrison and Ronnie Wood, to Adam Clayton, Naomi Campbell and Mel Gibson.

His ability to connect with the great and good reaches back to the swinging ’60s in London when Beatlemania was at fever pitch. “I drank with Brian Epstein a couple of times,” he says casually. “It was in the very posh Cromwellian Club in Knightsbridge, London. It was the place to go to in the 1960s. He was drinking scotch and coke and I was drinking brandy. He gave me a lift home one night in his Rolls Royce.”